Marsh Recreation Ground and Community Centre Trust

Analysis

Marsh Recreation Ground and Community Centre Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stourbridge. It was registered in March 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Marsh Recreation Ground and Community Centre Trust reported income of £198k and spending of £140k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2023 to March 2026, income fell from £230k to £198k (-14%), an average of -4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Marsh Recreation Ground and Community Centre Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rugby Borough Sports Trust Limited (£198k), Leeds Community Spaces (£199k) and Sporting Penistone (£198k).